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List of eponymous streets in New York City
This is a list of streets and squares in New York City named after a person, organized by borough.
==Manhattan==
* Allen Street – Captain William Henry Allen, the youngest person to command a Navy ship in the War of 1812.
* Ann Street – Ann White, wife of developer and merchant Capt. Thomas White
* Astor Place and Astor Row – John Jacob Astor and other members of the Astor family, landowners
* Barrow Street – Thomas Barrow, artist of a popular engraving of Trinity Church
* Bayard Street and Hester Street – Hester Bayard
* Beach Street – Paul Bache, the son-in-law of Anthony Lispenard, who owned Lispenard Meadows, just south of what is now Canal Street
* Beak Street – uncertain, but probably for the Beak family
* Beekman Place, Beekman Street, William Street – Wilhelmus Beekman. William Street is also named for William of Nassau.
* Bethune Street (pronounced Beth-YOON) – Johanna Bethune, co-founder of the New York Orphan Asylum
* Bleecker Street – Anthony Bleecker (1770–1827). a lawyer, poet and friend of Washington Irving and William Cullen Bryant, because the street ran through Bleecker's farm.
* Bogardus Place – the Bogardus family, including Everardus Bogardus and James Bogardus
* Broome Street – John Broome, lieutenant governor of New York
* Cabrini Boulevard – Mother Cabrini
* Charles Street – Charles Christopher Amos, landowner
* Charlton Street – John Charlton, president of the New York Medical Society
* Christopher Street – Charles Christopher Amos, landowner. Prior to 1799 known as Skinner Road after Col. William Skinner, son-in-law of landowner Adm. Peter Warren
* Colonel Robert Magaw Place – Robert Magaw, a colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
* Columbus Circle – for the quadcentennial of the first voyage of Christopher Columbus
* Cortlandt Street – for the Cortlandt family, landowners
* Delancey Street – James De Lancey, who owned a farm located in what is now the Lower East Side
* Detective Omar J. Edwards Way – after a police officer killed by friendly fire〔("Harlem street renamed Detective Omar J. Edwards Way in honor of slain officer" ) by Bob Kappstatter, ''Daily News'' (New York), May 29, 2011〕
* Forsyth Street – Lt. Col. Benjamin Forsyth
* Fulton Street – Robert Fulton
* Gay Street – possibly "R. Gay," apocryphally to Sidney Howard Gay
* George Balanchine Way – In 1990 a segment of West 63rd Street near the New York State Theatre was renamed George Balanchine Way, after the founder of the New-York City Ballet.
* Great Jones Street – Samuel Jones, "The Father of The New York Bar"
* Greene Street – Nathanael Greene, American Revolutionary War hero
* Henry Street (Manhattan) – Henry Rutgers, American Revolutionary War hero
* Horatio Street – Horatio Gates, American Revolutionary War hero of the Battle of Saratoga
* Houston Street (pronounced HOW-ston) – William Houstoun, Founding Father
* Irving Place – Washington Irving (author) known for his History of New York and short stories like "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
* Jane Street – A Mr. Jaynes, who resided at #81, where Alexander Hamilton is sometimes said to have died
* Jefferson Street (Manhattan) – Thomas Jefferson, 3rd American President
* Peter Jennings Way – Peter Jennings, ABC News anchor
* Juan Pablo Duarte Boulevard (part of Saint Nicholas Avenue) – Juan Pablo Duarte, a founding father of the Dominican Republic
* LaGuardia Place – Fiorello LaGuardia, Mayor of New York City
* Lenox Avenue – James Lenox, philanthropist
* Leroy Street – Jacob Le Roy & Son, a shipping company and War of 1812 blockade-runner
* Ludlow Street – Augustus Ludlow, War of 1812 naval hero
* MacDougal Street – Alexander McDougall, Revolutionary War hero
* Madison Avenue and Madison Street – James Madison, fourth president of the United States
* Mercer Street – Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War figure
* Malcolm X Boulevard (co-named with Lenox Avenue) – Malcolm X American human rights activist
* Monroe Street (Manhattan) – James Monroe, American president
* Morton Street – Jacob Morton, early 19th century militia commander
* Nassau Street – William of Nassau
* Perry Street – Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero of the War of 1812
* Rivington Street – James Rivington, Revolutionary War-era publisher
* Rutgers Street – Henry Rutgers, American Revolutionary War hero
* St. Mark's Place
* Saint Nicholas Avenue – Saint Nicholas
* Stuyvesant Street – Peter Stuyvesant, last governor of New Netherland, who owned the land
* Sullivan Street – John Sullivan, American Revolutionary War general
* Thompson Street – William Thompson, Revolutionary War general
* Vanderbilt Avenue – Vanderbilt family, who owned Grand Central Terminal, the construction of which predicated construction of the road
* Varick Street – Richard Varick, American Revolutionary War figure and Mayor of New York City
* Vesey Street (pronounced VEE-see) – after Rev. William Vesey
* Washington Street – George Washington, first president of the United States
* Wooster Street – David Wooster, American Revolutionary War hero
* Worth Street – William J. Worth
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